Kirsten Flagstad

✶July 12, 1895

†December 7, 1962

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About their life

Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian operatic soprano, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the longstanding General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera said, "I have given America two great gifts — Caruso and Flagstad."

Norwegian operatic singer (1895–1962)

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